The Bright Stuff

NY Times ^ | 7/12/03 | DANIEL C. DENNETT

[Valin]

Well I guess I'm just not that bright.

We are, in fact, the moral backbone of the nation: ROTFLM(not so bright)AO

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[IncPen]

The time has come for us brights to come out of the closet.

What's with people feeling compelled to 'come out of the closet'?

The closet is fine. It works for both of us.

Stay in.

Please.

[Van Jenerette]

...I'm positively DIM.

[Semper Paratus]

The word gay is lost, I'm not about to concede bright.

[Phaedrus]

It used to be that only a fool or an intellectual could be an atheist. Now also "brights". Is Mensa next?

[egarvue]

19 For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:19-21

[ClearCase_guy]

Is this man making the assertion that Secular Humanists are a persecuted minority?

[Phaedrus]

We are, in fact, the moral backbone of the nation ...

This guy is delusional.

[steve8714]

France is full of people like this...they all work for the Government. Chances are this one does too, else how could he be financially secure?

[Phaedrus]

France and Dennett -- OK, let's boycott Dennett, too.

[steve8714]

What a sad and joyless life. These are the kind of people who ascribe all our better angels to evolutionary processes.

[wideawake]

Politicians don't think they even have to pay us lip service, and leaders who wouldn't be caught dead making religious or ethnic slurs don't hesitate to disparage the "godless" among us.

This guy is, quite simply, a liar.

Name me one politician running for nationwide or even statewide office who uses the term "godless"? This guy needs to be called on his fabrication.

[Dead Corpse]

If you're a bright, what can you do?

Run away from stupid redefining of terms?

[babyface00]

atheist or agnostic or have no religious preference

Maybe I'm mistaken, but agnostics and those without religious preferences still (can) believe in God. Only the atheist doesn't. Seems like he's artificially padding the numbers to illustrate a point.

And that is what we want most of all: to be treated with the same respect accorded to Baptists and Hindus and Catholics

Well he's in for a rude awakening if he thinks those groups get any respect these days.

[Phaedrus]

If the Washington Times had published this article, I would worry.

[ovrtaxt]

Counting the minutes before the cadre of evolutionist freepers chime in....

[Dont Mention the War]

These people are "bright" like liberals are "progressive."

[Polycarp]

And you can ask your political candidates these questions: Would you vote for an otherwise qualified candidate for public office who was a bright? Would you support a nominee for the Supreme Court who was a bright? Do you think brights should be allowed to be high school teachers? Or chiefs of police?

The legacy of the last century's brightest brights:

Bottom line? Atheism eventually kills. Without exception. In far far higher numbers than theistic systems ever could or would.

Why? Atheism eventually insists on destroying every image of and reference to the Creator.

Once this is accomplished, they realize MAN is made in the image of God, and He is seen most in the face of the innocent.

So atheism ALWAYS eventually destroys the innocent, subconsciously at first, but then with a brutal conscious intensity that can only be called DEMONIC.

[balrog666]

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